The anxiolytic effect of allopregnanolone is associated with gonadal hormonal status in female rats

4. LACONI, M.R.; CASTELLER, G., GARGIULO, P.; BREGONZIO, C. AND CABRERA, R.J

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Año: 2001 vol. 417 p. 111 - 111

0014-2999

p class="MsoPlainText" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">The behavioural display in the plus-maze, an established experimental model of anxiety, was studied in rats injected into the lateral brain ventricle (i.c.v.) with the neurosteroid 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one (allopregnanolone). Female rats under different gonadal hormonal status were chosen.